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When President Obama puts his signature to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), I will be remembering with much regret four years back. As you probably know the NDAA allows for the indefinite detention of anyone, including Americans and legal residents, without charge and without trial. It shreds our …

Bill proposed by police union dies in Illinois House December 18, 2010 A bill in the Statehouse this year reopened a lingering debate in traffic enforcement: Are officers ordered to write a specific number of tickets? A top Illinois police union says yes. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor …

ALEX KEEFE | DEC. 13, 2011 (AP/file) The federal agency overseeing mortage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is suing the city of Chicago over a new ordinance aimed at cracking down on owners of vacant and abandoned buildings. The Federal Housing Finance Agency argues in a lawsuit filed Monday …

Infowars Nightly News Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Ron Paul’s astounding rise in the polls and his first place lead as the GOP heads for Iowa and the first caucus in January of 2012.

Establishment reverts back to pretending Paul doesn’t exist Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, December 20, 2011 From rightly heralding the Iowa primary as a crucial indicator as to who will eventually capture the GOP nomination, the establishment has closed ranks and now decided that a Ron Paul victory doesn’t count and …

CYNDY COLE and JOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporters New tests have confirmed in Flagstaff what researchers in Minnesota first observed: that even highly treated wastewater might contain trace elements of gene material from dead bacteria resistant to some widely used antibiotics. One scientist said this week he would be more …

JOEL N. SHURKIN, ISNS Contributor Inside Science News Service | Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011 Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can’t clean up fragments of superbugs — bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics — and until now, almost no one has noticed. The implications are unclear …

University of Minnesota research suggests that wastewater treated with standard technologies contains far greater quantities Contacts: Rhonda Zurn, College of Science and Engineering, rzurn@umn.edu, (612) 626-7959 Preston Smith, University News Service, smith@umn.edu, (612) 625-0552 MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/14/2011) —A new University of Minnesota study reveals that the release of …

DASHIELL BENNETT A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich’s support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll shows Gringrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the …

By Jason Grotto and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune reporters December 16, 2011 Robert Molaro’s short stint as aide to Ald. Ed Burke brought him windfall for life All it took for former state Rep. Robert Molaro to nearly double his public pension was spending one month as an aide to …

Bears receiver Sam Hurd is scheduled to return to court here this afternoon for a bond hearing on federal drug conspiracy charges. Authorities plan to transfer Hurd to Dallas to face one count of conspiring to distribute half a kilogram of cocaine or more. Hurd played for the Cowboys before …

By Paul Thomasch and Jennifer Saba NEW YORK | Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:14pm EST (Reuters) – Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump …